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Main sources for the MIT Black History Project include the Institute Archives, the MIT Museum, campus publications, and members of the MIT community. Oral history is also a valuable evidentiary tool, supplementing and enriching the store of more traditional historical evidence. Additionally, the project draws material from relevant collections and publications at large.
Sylvia Ann McDowell, 2009

Sylvia Ann McDowell, 2009

Contact sheet of Patricia Garrison, 1973

Contact sheet of Patricia Garrison, 1973

Edward Swain Hope sworn in as a Lieutenant, 1944

Edward Swain Hope sworn in as a Lieutenant, 1944

April Jeffries et al. at Commencement, 1981

April Jeffries et al. at Commencement, 1981

"MIT is..." podcast: Remote with Oby Nwodoh (2020)

Obiageli Nwodoh, 2021

Obiageli Nwodoh, 2021

Saint-Gobain LEAD Black History Month Guest Speaker: Gerald Baron (2023)

Pantonic Steel Orchestra at MIT (2011)

AKA Lambda Upsilon Chapter Charter Line, 1977

AKA Lambda Upsilon Charter Line, 1977

AKA Lambda Upsilon Sorors, 1984

AKA Lambda Upsilon Sorors, 1984

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